What Happened In History Year 1900

Historical Events for the Year 1900

2nd January » American Statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.

5th January » Ireland named Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.

6th January » Second Boer War: Having already Siege of Ladysmith sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British defenders.

16th January » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the American Samoa named Samoan islands.

23rd January » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and United Kingdom called British forces ends in a British defeat.

24th January » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.

29th January » The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams.

31st January » Datu Muhammad Salleh is assassination known as assassinated in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.

3rd February » Governor of Kentucky William Goebel dies of wound sustained in an assassination attempt three days earlier in Frankfort, Kentucky.

5th February » The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal.

6th February » The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.

7th February » Second Boer War: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland named British troops fail in their Battle of Vaal Krantz known as third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

9th June » Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances.

14th June » Territory of Hawaii called Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

14th June » The Reichstag (German Empire) called Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.

17th June » Boxer Rebellion: Eight-Nation Alliance or Allied Western and Japanese forces Battle of Dagu Forts (1900) e.g capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.

18th June » Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.

20th June » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a Siege of the International Legations called 55-day siege of the Beijing Legation Quarter or Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

20th June » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian polar expedition of 1900–02 known as Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship 'Zarya (polar ship) named Zarya', never to return.

21st June » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

25th June » The Taoism or Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.

2nd July » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

9th July » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one Government of Australia named federal government.

9th July » Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the Taiyuan Massacre named execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

14th July » Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance Siege of the International Legations known as capture Tianjin known as Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.

19th July » The Paris Métro Line 1 e.g first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

27th July » Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor named Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.

29th July » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the Anarchism or anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

14th August » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

16th August » The Battle of Elands River (1900) e.g Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhode

19th December » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow named John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial polit

26th December » A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.